On Aesthetic Truth and Norman Rockwell (Content Minded Ep.108).
About this episode
This episode explores the concept of aesthetic truth in relation to politics, philosophy, and culture, critiquing Norman Rockwell's cult status in American illustration.
On this episode of Content Minded I piece apart this concept of “aesthetic truth” as it relates to politics, philosophy and culture in the internet age. I open up with a recent excerpt from Giorgio Agamben on contemporary culture, then review an academic paper that discusses Foucault’s concept of “discursive rituals” and truth, and a paper on Gadamer’s writings on aesthetics, the role of the work of art and epistemology. In the full version of this episode I expand on the limitations of the concept of aesthetic truth while critiquing the cult status of Norman Rockwell as the illustrator of Americana vs. other luminaries of the golden age of American illustration such as J. C. Leyendecker. Please subscribe to Patreon or Substack to enjoy hours upon hours of exclusive content. Link to the Full Patreon Episode: https://www.patreon.com/giantartproductions/posts/on-aesthetic-and-164016492 Link to the free and paywalled Substacklink downloadable/RSS capable: https://gioscontentcorner.substack.com/p/on-aesthetic-truth-and-norman-rockwell - - - Buy my artwork and artist prints: https://www.giantartproductions.com/ Support my work on Patreon forexclusive content and more…
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Host: Content Minded Podcast
Topics covered
- aesthetic truth
- politics
- philosophy
- culture
- American illustration
- Norman Rockwell
- Foucault
Keywords
- aesthetic truth
- Norman Rockwell
- Foucault
- Gadamer
- politics
- philosophy
- culture
- American illustration
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